# US 2024/0205342 A1 · Display device and method for controlling the same

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- Number: US 2024/0205342 A1
- Document ID: US20240205342A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/530,735
- Filed: 2023-12-06
- Published: 2024-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2022-12-16
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hirohito Morioka
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240205342A1

## CPC

- H04N 1/00437: {Intelligent menus, e.g. anticipating user selections}
- H04N 1/00424: {using a list of graphical elements, e.g. icons or icon bar}
- H04N 1/00514: {for individual users}
- H04N 1/00517: {involving favourite or frequently used settings}
- H04N 1/4433: {to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function}
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A display device includes one or more processors, one or more memories that store setting information of an executed job as setting history information under control of the one or more processors, and a display. The one or more processors display in the display a first display region for displaying a list of setting history information stored in the one or more memories, a second display region for displaying the setting information based on the setting history information selected by a user from the list display, and a reception button for receiving an instruction to display a setting screen of a job in which the setting information based on the setting history information selected by the user is employed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device, comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more memories that store setting information of an executed job as setting history information under control of the one or more processors; and
a display, wherein
the one or more processors display in the display
a first display region for displaying a list of setting history information stored in the one or more memories,
a second display region for displaying the setting information based on the setting history information selected by a user from the list display, and
a reception button for receiving an instruction to display a setting screen of a job in which the setting information based on the setting history information selected by the user is employed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein
an upper limit number is provided for the number of pieces of setting history information to be stored in the one or more memories, and
the one or more processors store the setting history information in the one or more memories until the number of pieces of stored setting history information reaches the upper limit number, and display all the stored setting history information in the first display region as a list.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The display device according to claim 2, wherein the upper limit number is a total number of the pieces of setting history information generated for each mode.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display device according to claim 3, wherein the one or more processors perform control to display a list of the pieces of setting history information belonging to the same mode on the display.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein, when setting information that is the same as setting information of a newly executed job is already stored in association with the history information, the one or more processors restrict storage of the same setting information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The display device according to claim 5, wherein the one or more processors restrict storage of the setting history information of a newly executed job by updating a storage date and time of the stored setting history information to an execution date and time of the newly executed job.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The display device according to claim 2, wherein, when the number of pieces of stored setting history information reaches the upper limit number, the one or more processors delete the setting history information having an oldest date and time of storage from the one or more memories.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
an authenticator that authenticates a user, wherein
the one or more processors store the setting information of a job executed for each authenticated user in association with the history information.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processors display preset information among information included in the setting information in the second display region.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The display device according to claim 9, wherein the second display region is included in a display region different from the first display region.

### Claim 11

A method for controlling a display device having a display, comprising:
storing setting information of an executed job as setting history information; and
displaying the stored setting history information in a first display region in the display as a list;
displaying the setting information based on the setting history information selected by a user from the list display, in a second display region in the display; and
displaying, in the display, a reception button for receiving an instruction to display a setting screen of a job in which the setting information based on the setting history information selected by the user is employed.